@article{ref1,
title="A pilot investigation of the operationalized predicaments of suicide (OPS) framework",
journal="Malaysian journal of medical sciences",
year="2012",
author="Pridmore, Saxby and Kuipers, Pim and Zainab, Abdul Majeed and Restifo, Sam and Lee, Adrian and Appleton, Julie",
volume="19",
number="3",
pages="50-56",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Suicide may be conceptualized as an escape from intolerable predicaments, in particular, mental illness and environmental stressors. The operationalized predicaments of suicide (OPS) is a 4 category framework designed to assist in the classification of suicide. The objective was to examine whether this framework is potentially useful. METHODS: 18 psychiatrists from 6 different countries examined 12 written coroners' reports of suicide and rated each report according to the OPS. 16 of these raters then also completed a qualitative questionnaire regarding the framework. RESULTS: In 89.8% of cases the raters where able to make a decision regarding the drivers which led to the suicides. The respondents displayed modest inter-rater correlation (Kappa = 0.42; P < 0.0001). In the qualitative section, respondents supported the face validity of OPS and considered it potentially useful. Feedback allowed improved wording of the OPS instructions. CONCLUSION: The OPS has potential as a useful framework. The OPS instructions have been improved and further studies are justified.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1394-195X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}